South Dakota is appropriating $2 million to the Department of Education to fund a nonprofit organization that will build and operate a facility providing therapy and educational services to students in alternative school settings in Brown County. The nonprofit must have experience offering integrated education and mental health services through partnerships with schools, and cannot use the funds for residential care or inpatient treatment. The bill declares an emergency so the funding can take effect immediately.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The amendment redirects the $2,000,000 appropriation from the Department of Corrections to build a juvenile corrections center in Brown County to instead fund the Department of Education in providing grants to nonprofits for a non-residential, school-based therapeutic services facility serving students in alternative educational settings. This fundamentally shifts the bill from criminal justice infrastructure to educational support services.
This change converted the bill from its engrossed (working) version to its enrolled (final) version by adding official signature pages and certifications required for passage, while making only one substantive edit: changing the line break so "school-based," appears on the same line as other descriptive language rather than split across lines. The amendment does not alter the bill's core purpose of appropriating $2,000,000 for a therapeutic services facility in Brown County.
Signed by the Governor H.J. 580
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 546
Signed by the President S.J. 506
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4. S.J. 463
Senate Deferred to another day S.J. 443
First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 425
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5. H.J. 458
Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 2. J. 29
Committee on Appropriations Scheduled for hearing J. 1
Committee on Appropriations Scheduled for hearing
Education Referred as Amended to Joint Committee on Appropriations Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0.
Education Scheduled for hearing
Education Motion to amend
Education Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 218
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Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Do Pass Amended
Do Pass Amended
Committee on Appropriations — Do Pass
Education — Referred as Amended to